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Keeping track of patterns

When I come across an interesting pattern on the web (usually on this site) I print it out, 3 hole punch it, and put it in a 3 ring binder. I seperate them by type (wet, dry, stremers, etc.). If I don't know what I want to tie, I browse thru the binder and can usually find something that looks good. Been doing this long enough that I have 3 binders full and am working on another. Saves trying to remember where you saw a pattern later.

"A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, andbeauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise"Aldo Leopold

Great idea. I've been printing patterns but not making a good effort to keep them together, and they somehow migrate to seldom-visited locations in my office. Thanks for the simple, but overlooked, tip!

--Bill

BEHOLD THE FISHERMANHe riseth up Early in the Morning And Disturbeth the whole Household.Mighty Are His Preparations.He goeth forth full of Hope, and when the Day is Far Spent He returneth,Smelling of Strong Drink and the Truth is not in Him.

"As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life -- so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls."-- M. Cartmill

Founding member of Carp Unlimited, first meeting held at the Kalamazoo waste management plant...bring gloves!

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Posted 27 April 2006 - 08:35 AM

I do both systems and the reminds me alex I still have your cds Ill get them out tomorrow sorry that I dropped the ball!!!!

Genesis1:20Click the picture below to visit www.streamersflyshop.comI filled up two shopping carts late last nightThe one was full of fishing gear, the other newcastle aleThe checkout-lady laughed and said 'You think you got enough'And I said 'Yeah, You're probably right', and filled another two carts upGonna catch all the fish, Gonna drink all the beer, Gonna head outta town, We're not staying hereMight take all day, might take all year, Till we catch all the fish, Till we drink all the beer

I do both systems and the reminds me alex I still have your cds Ill get them out tomorrow sorry that I dropped the ball!!!!

Good to see that one of your balls finally dropped D5, I know Ridderbos was starting to worry if you'd ever enter manhood. Congrats

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters. -Norman Maclean

Founding member of Carp Unlimited, first meeting held at the Kalamazoo waste management plant...bring gloves!

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Posted 27 April 2006 - 08:00 PM

Jealous BOB!!!

Genesis1:20Click the picture below to visit www.streamersflyshop.comI filled up two shopping carts late last nightThe one was full of fishing gear, the other newcastle aleThe checkout-lady laughed and said 'You think you got enough'And I said 'Yeah, You're probably right', and filled another two carts upGonna catch all the fish, Gonna drink all the beer, Gonna head outta town, We're not staying hereMight take all day, might take all year, Till we catch all the fish, Till we drink all the beer

I have one big fishing file on my puter, inside that I have the pics of the flies in their own file for type of fly and then on the picture it's self I right click it, go to properties and click summaries and put down all the info for the recipe. Works well for me, I have over 1000 photos like that in my file.

Ashby

If you can't stand behind your colors, you had best find another flag!!!

Being mildly obsessive-compulsive, like all lab staff and Dead Head tapers, I have this file backed up to our desktop and to the free-standing hard drive for my notebook. Like financial data, three copies.

I use fly-2000 by mustad......i save to a file then resize the pic to fit then copy and paste. i then save all info to a cd..i've have over 10.000 patterns in all my collection between, books, mags, and online stuff...